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URBAN PLANNING

PLANNING AND BUILDING

Regular advice on the impact of zoning and land use regulations on the Clients' plans for effective use of their property interests. Clients belong to both the private and public sector; among them: developers, infrastructure providers, government departments and local authorities.

Assistance in the entitlement procedures to obtain variations of town planning rules, implementation plans approval, building permits, certified notices of commencement of works.

DATA CENTER

Legal and town planning assistance for the development of Data Center projects, covering both environmental impact assessment procedures arising from such projects and urban planning and building matters, including the negotiation and execution of agreements with public authorities, as well as the filing and management of building permits required for the construction of Data Center.

TRADE AUTHORISATIONS & SHOPPING MALLS

Advice on the urban planning implications connected to the obtainment of trade authorisations and the issuance of permits for the opening and operation of commercial establishments.

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Strategic Environmental Assessment of plans and programmes (SEA/VAS), Environmental Impact Assessment of projects (EIA/VIA) — with particular focus on the environmental impacts of data centre and logistics projects — Environmental Development Consent (including IPPC/AIA authorisations), the remediation of contaminated sites of national interest and large industrial areas, waste management, air and water pollution, and acoustic and electromagnetic pollution.

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT

TRANSACTIONS

Buyers and sellers are represented in complex real estate sale and purchase transactions of large real estate portfolios of a wide range of use: commercial, industrial, residential, logistic, leisure and hospitality.

Guidance through the decision to acquire real property either by way of an asset deal, a share deal or by means of real estate funds and through all the related legal risks and fiscal opportunities.

Advise to asset management companies (SGR), sponsors and investors on the structuring, marketing, regulation and operation of public and private investment funds.

LETTING

Draft and negotiation of leases and subleases on behalf of landlords or tenants.

PROCUREMENT AND CONSTRUCTION

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

Assistance to both public entities and private companies in dealing with public procedures for the award of work contracts, services and supplies. Expert of the new PPP models: implementation of procedural procurement models, both in Italian and English on behalf of local and international Clients.

CONSTRUCTION

Assistance to public entities including legal advice and assistance to the contracting authorities for the drawing up, management, implementation, participation and decision making activities in relation to any type of procedure for the award of public works and services. Support to private entities at each stage of the contract: bid preparation, tender procedures, drawing up of contracts following the respective award and their performance. Assistance to Clients in the Beauty Contest procedures and in the drafting and negotiation of procurement contracts.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND CIVIL LITIGATION

Should any dispute arise, assistance in legal disputes before all levels of administrative (Council of State and the Regional Administrative Court), in arbitration proceedings and also before the Constitutional Court, the European courts and the European Court of Human Rights.

Career

Guido Inzaghi is the Founding Partner of Studio Inzaghi, based in Milan, Italy.

His practice focuses on Real Estate Law, with particular expertise in Zoning and Planning, Environmental Law, and Public-Private Partnership Law. He advises a broad range of clients, including private and public companies, national and international corporations, as well as central government authorities and local entities.

Guido is involved in some of the most significant urban planning and regeneration projects in Milan and across Italy, as well as in the construction and refurbishment of major sports facilities. His most notable mandates in the urban planning and regeneration space include Porta Nuova, Scali Ferroviari, Santa Giulia, Milano Sesto, and MIND-Arexpo.

In the field of public property disposals, he has acted for CDPI SGR S.p.A., Invimit SGR S.p.A., the Provincia Autonoma di Trento, and several international investors in connection with some of the most significant public asset divestiture procedures.

Earlier in his career, Guido was a co-founding partner of Belvedere Inzaghi & Partners and served as Head of DLA Piper's Real Estate and Town Planning practice in Italy. He has taught Planning and Environmental Law at the Politecnico di Milano and served as President of the Urban Land Institute for Italy.

His peers and clients describe him in the following terms:

"Guido Alberto Inzaghi is an undisputed leader in the fields of urban planning and administrative law. His in-depth knowledge and established reputation offer clients a level of security and reliability that is hard to find elsewhere";

"He can deal with complex issues and takes a creative approach aimed at solving problems";

"He knows the subject so well and has so much experience that he can find the solution, even in really complex situations."

Publications

Author of numerous publications and a regular speaker at conferences and seminars in the fields of Administrative Law and Real Estate Law.

Co-author of the Chambers & Partners Real Estate Q&A Guide from 2022 to 2026.

Frequently sought out by leading real estate media outlets for commentary on planning and construction matters, and a regular contributor to Il Sole 24 Ore.

Most recently, he contributed to Il Sole 24 Ore with the analysis "Piano Casa: How Foreign Investment Requirements Risk Undermining the Plan's Effectiveness", examining the potential limitations of the initiative and the extent to which its foreign investment requirements may ultimately constrain its overall effectiveness.

Languages Spoken

Italian

English

Professional Memberships

Coordinator of the Urban Planning Table within the Regulatory Affairs Committee of Assoimmobiliare.

Member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and former President of its Italian Chapter.

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Guido Alberto Inzaghi is a founding partner of Studio Inzaghi and is broadly considered by the market to be a leading lawyer in the field of Italian public law. He frequently acts for real estate funds and construction managers on urban regeneration mandates. He has experience representing clients in negotiations and litigation. He also advises on town planning matters.

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